means to protect a representative from the organization for security and cooperation in europe wrote on twitter relieved that. he is alive i deplore the decision to spread false information on the life of a journalist it is the duty of the state to provide correct information to the public and the committee to protect journalists said this extreme action by the ukrainian authorities has the potential to undermine public trust in journalists and to mute outrage when they are killed in russia where ukraine says the attempt on his life originated the government has described the affair as an anti russian provocation the story is strange to say the least i don't know how much the end justifies the means in this story thank god that person is alive it does not change your attitude towards ukraine a country where being a journalist is dangerous it does not change the core of the situation the only thing this is changed is that thank god this person is still alive the kremlin and state controlled media are drawing parallels between fake death and the poisoning of the script powells in the u

for security and cooperation in europe wrote on twitter relieved that arc. is alive i deplore the decision to spread false information on the life of a journalist it is the duty of the state to provide correct information to the public and the committee to protect journalists said this extreme action by the ukrainian authorities has the potential to undermine public trust in journalists and to mute outrage when they are killed in russia where ukraine says the attempt on bab junkers life originated the government.

for security and cooperation in europe says other candidates weren't able to compete equally with the ruling for theirs party voters had a wide range of political options but intimidating and zina phobic rhetoric media bias and opaque campaign financing constricted the space for genuine political debate. hindering voters' ability to make a fully informed choice the ability of contestants to compete on an equal basis was significantly compromised by the government's excessive spending on public information advertisements that amplified the ruling coalition's campaign message obama's two thirds majority will allow him to press ahead with constitutional changes and hardline policies on immigration journal reports from budapest. analysts to all bone fatigue left wing activists fulton energized opposition would strike a blow to victor all bands power they were wrong maybe name starting to look i mean our country hungry is still not there where we would like it to be but it's already started to go the way that it chose for itself we are going to go together this way in victory or been decla

it is the secretary general of the o.s.c. e the organization for security and cooperation in europe what you've seen so far here does it make sense to you do you think it's a good a good solution i think it's encouraging this is a conference about promoting copper approaches to migration governance and this is now the second. round. the first one was in july of last year when i think what we see is that cooperation between sending transit and host states doesn't it for yes among the sort of stated aims here are set out by the italian foreign minister a short while ago dealing with human trafficking and the smuggling networks that he said there was ample evidence fund terrorism and also trying to combat the return of i sell fighters to countries in europe via the smuggling and migrant routes is that where your organization the o. a c. perhaps has a role absolutely this what we call migration security next is very come in we come in as a platform for dialogue. for dialogue among the fifty seven participating states plus the six mediterranean partner countries but also as an actor that

independent monitors are questioning the fairness of the elections the organization for security and cooperation in europe says candidates couldn't complete compete rather equally against party. voters had a wide range of political options but intimidating and zina phobic rhetoric media bias and opaque campaign financing constricted the space for genuine political debate hindering voters' ability to make a fully informed choice the ability of contestants to compete on an equal basis was significantly compromised by the government's excessive spending and public information advertisements that amplified the ruling coalition's campaign message. the first batch of six hundred afghan refugees to be deported from turkey has left the country i'm curious says the move follows a major influx of refugees crossing over from iran rights groups have criticized turkey for deporting them to countries where this conflict saying it's putting the refugees lives at risk. supporters of jail the palestinian teenager had to maybe have released footage of her being questioned by israeli military authoriti

been put out there by groups like the zero s c the organization for security and cooperation in europe now the representative for the freedom of media haarlem desir says that he's relieved that arkady janko is alive but he says i deplore the decision to spread false information on the life of a journalist is the duty of the state to provide correct information to the public and this from the committee to protect journalists as well we are greatly relieved that is alive at the same time this extreme action by the ukrainian authorities has the potential to undermine public trust in journalists and outrage when they are killed so basically these reactions are kind of raising two links but slightly different points one is operational if the state has lied about the death of a journalist can we believe them when they talk about other things related to this case can we believe them when they say that it was russia that was responsible for this alleged plot against because life and the committee to protect journalists kind of raised the point of. if this kind of thing happens then what happen

press freedom is also a key concern the organization for security and cooperation in europe oh i see reports to the arena qualities in coverage of political campaigns since two thousand and fifteen out of the and his are forty came to power after the financial crisis of two thousand and one which swept away turkey is a stylish parties now they are forty is working hard say avoid a recession which could see it going the same way critics say the line between the states and the government has become blurred and the gap between the support for arabs. and the opposition has narrowed considerably soon on al-jazeera the stumble . australia placed in mark in the world cup later on thursday the team known as the socceroos need to when to stay in the tournament but ball is not the most popular spectator sport in australia but it is helping migrant children enter great into society andrew thomas reports. in western sydney this is an innovative program to get refugee and migrant children involved in sports football united has been running for more than a decade helping newly arrived children to

for security and cooperation in europe. the o.s.c.e. has more than 600 monitors on both sides of the contact line documenting fighting like this-- firing from howitzers, nighttime attacks on the water system in donetsk, and mortar explosions in the town of avdiivka. so, at least, as far as ukraine is concerned, this is no cold war. >> it is a very active war. we see on a daily basis thousands of cease-fire violations. and we continue to retrace the suffering of the civilian population that often live very closely or actually on the contact line between positions. >> reporter: who is breaking the cease-fire? you're on the ground, what have you seen? >> we know that both sides do not adhere to the cease fire. both sides maintain positions too close to one another. and both sides do keep heavy weapons in areas where they have agreed these weapons-- tanks, mortars, artillery, multiple launch-rocket systems-- should not be. this is one example of an area where we see fighting. >> reporter: we decided to go to avdiivka to see the

former spokesman for the organization of security and cooperation in europe that's the c.e.o. he joins us live now from london michael circuits in the u.k. has taken this matter to the un security council have expelled twenty three diplomats what's your assessment of the u.k. response so far. well thank you for having me theresa may was sounding very statesman like today and i can say that i would describe it more as a pinprick for the time being rather than hitting russia with a sledgehammer i think that a lot more could be done because don't forget expulsion of diplomats is one thing they can always replace them but you'll remember when president obama hit hard against the russians they closed down for example certain properties where the russian diplomats play and relax so that should be done here another thing of course is looking at the billions of dollars of property here where we sit in london that has been purchased by russians who have links to president putin transparency international said today that approximately one fifth of the four point four billion in property

the organization of security and cooperation in europe he's on skype from sydney in british columbia thank you for your time as this breaking news develops michael rory explain there a few scenarios of who could possibly be behind this in your mind what's the most likely outcome. thanks for having me well you know tim for them to say you know it's the fault of the cranes i think it's not. the standard line if you will of the russian playbook to me it looks like this was an internal operation for the past few weeks and months. has been critical of some of his colleagues other deputies in that so-called d.n.r. parliament i he controlled the t.v. station and we're pretty much humiliated and their colleagues so i think come kind of the writing was on the wall that perhaps his dates were numbered and you know i i was talking to a colleague earlier and we always referred to as a kind of joke as someone who's like a cat with nine lives because in twenty fifteen he narrowly survived. sniper bullet injury to his left leg lower leg and then also a few months ago i know that one about the of cu

the attendees at the shanghai cooperation organization talks north korea and regional security dominated the agenda china's president xi jinping says the blocks roll on the world stage is getting bigger. as the number of member countries has grown our strength has also progressively grown the attention and anticipation that the peoples of all countries of the region and the international community have for us is also growing as we uphold regional safety and stability and push for development the responsibilities we undertake will also grow bigger. we're joined now by florence lowy is following the story from beijing so the xi jinping feel the shanghai organization role is getting bigger because of the divisions among western allies in groups like the g seven. well the shanghai cooperation organization or the s e o some people call it is certainly seen by some analysts as a sort of counterweight to the groups and the blocs dominated by the u.s. and its western allies now this grouping was set up in two thousand and one it had six or original members led by china and russia it only just a